sifter

Meaning

1. A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
2. (rare) One who sifts.
3. Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamellae of the beak.

Synonyms

sieve

strainer

screen

riddle

colander

filter

mesh

separator

sizing screen

fan

watermelon

🍉

grain cleaner

mesh screen

grain-cleaning machine

Translations

tamis

passoire

Sieb

cernedor

colador

crivo

buratto

crible

tamisium

εξετάζων λεπτομερώς

Filter

κοσκινιστής

Strainer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪftɚ/

Etymology

From sift + -er.